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buildbtw adds SSH agent to container

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Antonio Rojas Sven-Hendrik Haase Andreas Radke Levente Polyak
4 people shipped this
Antonio Rojas @antonio-rojas 4 cited Sven-Hendrik Haase @svenstaro 2 cited Andreas Radke @andyrtr 1 cited Levente Polyak @anthraxx 1 cited

buildbtw containers now start an SSH agent and point libgit2 at /root key paths, while Arch extra updates land libcerf, libde265, and bup.

buildbtw, Arch's reproducible build environment, gained SSH support in the container [1]. The agent now launches inside the container, and SSH key paths were changed to their /root equivalents because "libgit2 only looks for the SSH stuff in /home or /root" [2][3]. Also, authelia's startup timeout was raised to accommodate "slower machines and offline run" [4].

In package state, libcerf updated to 1:3.5-1 [5], libde265 to 1.1.2-1 [6], bup to 0.34-1 [7], and puzzles to 20260902.b30838a-1 [8], all in extra-x86_64. tp_smapi-lts moved from extra-testing-x86_64 to extra-x86_64 [9].

Action items

References

  1. [1] Merge branch 'ssh-agent' into 'main' ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
  2. [2] Change SSH key paths to the /root equivalents ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
  3. [3] Launch ssh agent inside container ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
  4. [4] Merge branch 'fix/autheia-offline-timeout' into 'main' ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
  5. [5] update libcerf to 1:3.5-1 in extra-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  6. [6] update libde265 to 1.1.2-1 in extra-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  7. [7] update bup to 0.34-1 in extra-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  8. [8] update puzzles to 20260902.b30838a-1 in extra-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  9. [9] move tp_smapi-lts from extra-testing-x86_64 to extra-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state

$ ls archlinux/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review Arch kernel 7.2.3 ships with userns sysctl the month in review August's Arch: AUR hardening, kernel churn, and steady package flow
Topics: Infrastructure Full archive →

Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on September 3, 2026?
buildbtw containers now start an SSH agent and point libgit2 at /root key paths, while Arch extra updates land libcerf, libde265, and bup. In total, 59 commits landed.
Who contributed to Arch Linux on September 3, 2026?
4 developers shipped this update, including Antonio Rojas, Andreas Radke, Levente Polyak, and Sven-Hendrik Haase.
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?
Merge branch 'ssh-agent' into 'main', Change SSH key paths to the /root equivalents, and Launch ssh agent inside container.
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